Pere Ponce Alifonso (born 1964) is a Spanish actor from Catalonia. He earned early public recognition for the 1992 romantic comedy film ''

Amo tu cama rica ''Amo tu cama rica'' is a 1992 Spanish romantic comedy film directed by Emilio Martínez-Lázaro, which stars Ariadna Gil and Pere Ponce. The film helped to launch the acting career of a young Ariadna Gil. Plot The fiction tracks the up and do ...

''. He has featured in television series such as ''

Cuéntame cómo pasó ' (Spanish, 'Tell me how it happened'), usually shortened to ''Cuéntame'' and also known in English as ''Remember When'', is a Spanish prime-time television drama series which has been broadcast on La 1 of Televisión Española since 2001. It ...

'' and '' Merlí''.

Biography

Pere Ponce Alifonso was born in

Tortosa Tortosa (; ) is the capital of the ''Catalonia/Comarques, comarca'' of Baix Ebre, in Catalonia, Spain. Tortosa is located at above sea level, by the Ebro river, protected on its northern side by the mountains of the Cardó Massif, of which Buin ...

province of Tarragona Tarragona (, ) is a province of eastern Spain, in the southern part of the autonomous community of Catalonia. It is bordered by the provinces of Castellón, Teruel, Zaragoza, Lérida and Barcelona and by the Mediterranean Sea. The province's p ...

, on 1964. He studied a degree in psicology, but decided to pursue an acting career instead. Some of his early career in Catalonia include television works such as ''Pinnic'' and credits in films directed by

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such as ' (1984), ' (1985) and ' (1986). Still rather unknown to a wider audience, he starred alongside the similarly unknown

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's romantic comedy ''

'', which earned both leads a shared

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for Best Actors. Performances in films such as ''Atolladero'', ''

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'', ''La ley de la frontera'', ''El pianista'', ''La isla del holandés'', '' Football Days'', '' The Great Vazquez'', and ''Copito de Nieve'' followed. His performance as Genaro in ''

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'' (2012) earned him an

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nomination for Best Film Actor in a Minor Role, whilst his performance as Colombo in '' The Replacement'' (2021) earned him a nomination to the

Feroz Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Film The Feroz Award for Best Supporting Actor (Spanish: ''Premio Feroz al mejor actor de reparto'') is one of the annual awards given at the Feroz Awards, presented by the Asociación de Informadores Cinematográficos de España. It was first presented ...

. He played the popular role of Eugenio (a priest with progressive ideals who ends up quitting clergy) in ''

'' from episode 10 on, leaving the series after 139 episodes with the character's onscreen death in 2014. Other television roles include performances in ''Tot un senyor'', ''Jacinto Durante, representante'', ''Falsa culpable'', ''

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'' (playing ), ''

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'' (playing

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), and '' Merlí'' (playing Eugeni Bosch).

References

1964 births Spanish male television actors Spanish male film actors 20th-century Spanish male actors 21st-century Spanish male actors People from Tortosa Living people {{Spain-actor-stub